Configure Affordable Care Act Reporting
Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting involves generating these forms.
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1094-C (Electronic Transmittal of Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage Information Returns)
This file can include info specific to filing returns for employees with a resident tax address during the year in:
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New Jersey
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Rhode Island
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Washington DC
For further info, see How You Generate the Form 1094-C Electronic Data File below.
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1095-C (Employer-Provided Health Insurance Offer and Coverage)
ACA reporting isn't supported for retirees or Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA).
The IRS provides comprehensive instructions on how to comply with and report your ACA enrollments, including definitions of key terminology. For further info, see Affordable Care Act (ACA) Tax Provisions on the IRS website.
Before you can perform any Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting, there's some configuration you must do.
What you need to do |
How you do it |
For more info, check here in the Help Center |
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Fulfill the prerequisites |
You must have completed the following as of January 1 of the reporting year.
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Configure your legal employers |
Use the Legal Entity HCM Information task from your implementation project. |
Configure Legal Entities for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Define the ACA Eligibility Attributes table |
Use the Legal Entity HCM Information task from your implementation project. |
Configure Legal Entities for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Configure your legal reporting units |
Use the Legal Reporting Unit HCM Information task from your implementation project. |
Configure Legal Reporting Units for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Configure your tax reporting units |
Use the Legal Reporting Unit HCM Information task from your implementation project. |
Configure Legal Reporting Units for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Configure your benefits plan |
Use the Benefit Plan Details task. |
Configure Benefits for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Configure ACA eligibility profiles |
Use the Eligibility Profiles task. |
Configure Benefits for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Define your organization's break-in-service rules |
Use the Legal Entity HCM Information task from your implementation project. |
Define Your Affordable Care Act Break-in-Service Rules |
Define balance feeds for eligible hours |
Use the Balance Definition task. |
Define Balance Feeds for Affordable Care Act Employee Eligible Hours |
Add your employees' dependents |
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Add Employee Dependents for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Configure your employee assignments |
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Configure Employee Assignments for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Prepare for state-specific reporting |
Some states require special reporting configuration. |
State-Specific Configuration for Affordable Care Act Reporting |
Register with the ACA Information Returns (AIR) system |
Required if this is the first time you're filing with them. |
Affordable Care Act Information Returns System |
Order paper stock with preprinted instructions |
For distributing Form 1095c, you can use ComplyRight paper stock with preprinted instructions. To order this stock, email ComplyRight at oracle@formstax.com and reference SKU L1095CBLK500. You can use standard business #10-C envelopes. |
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Configure your 1094-C transmission manifest |
Update your Form 1094-C transmission manifest. Use a standard text editor to set these values.
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Configure the 1094-C Transmission Manifest |
Configure the Form 1095-C template |
There are two areas that may require configuration, depending on your organization requirements.
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Configure the Form 1095-C Template |
For further info, see the following sections. These steps require an Application Implementation Consultant role that has privileges to create and modify all organizational structures.
This isn't a comprehensive list of possible configurations. For further info, see Oracle Cloud Human Capital Management: Implementing Payroll for the United States in the Help Center.
- ACA Eligibility Process
- Add Employee Dependents for Affordable Care Act Reporting
- Affordable Care Act Information Returns System
- Configure the Form 1095-C Template
- Configure the 1094-C Transmission Manifest
- Configure Benefits for Affordable Care Act Reporting
- Configure Employees for Affordable Care Act Reporting
- Configure Legal Entities for Affordable Care Act Reporting
- Configure Legal Reporting Units for Affordable Care Act Reporting
- Define Balance Feeds for Affordable Care Act Employee Eligible Hours
- Define Your Affordable Care Act Break-in-Service Rules
- State-Specific Configuration for Affordable Care Act Reporting